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Austria fought back to salvage a dramatic 3-3 draw with Algeria in their final World Cup Group J match on Saturday, with two stoppage-time goals securing both teams a place in the Round of 32 and eliminating Iran. Argentina topped the group, while Austria finished second and Algeria advanced among the best third-placed teams. Source … Read more

Two major earthquakes, seconds apart, hit central Venezuela on Wednesday, one with a magnitude of 7.2 and the other with a magnitude of 7.5. At least 164 people have been killed and hundreds injured. Extensive damage was reported in the capital Caracas and the nearby state of La Guaira. Strong earthquakes are uncommon in Venezuela, … Read more

The US military said on Saturday it struck 10 Iranian military targets at President Donald Trump’s direction, extending attacks despite a fragile ceasefire. US Central Command said the strikes hit surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz. Source link

Every evening at 7 p.m., protesters return to the same square in Tirana, the capital of Albania, with the same symbols and the same demands. More than three weeks of uninterrupted daily demonstrations have turned the “Flamingo Revolution” into Albania’s largest civil protest movement since the fall of communism. It began when a government-approved luxury … Read more

Portugal and Colombia shared an entertaining 0-0 draw in their final World Cup Group K match on Saturday, sending both teams into the last 32. Colombia finished top of the group, with Portugal second. Colombia dominated early before Portugal responded, with Bruno Fernandes forcing goalkeeper Camilo Vargas into an outstanding reflex save. Source link

The regional court of Magdeburg has found a 51-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia guilty of murder for driving a rental car into a crowd at the eastern city’s Christmas market in 2024. The judge sentenced Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen to life in prison and said the German equivalent of the US first-degree murder charge – known … Read more

Most Northern Europeans are accustomed to cold winters and relatively mild summers and perhaps annual beach holidays in countries such as Greece, Spain and Italy. But as humans continue to burn oil, gas and coal, releasing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, Europe is becoming the fastest-warming continent. And deadly heat waves are becoming … Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he plans to form a broad coalition to govern after the upcoming election. In a speech on Saturday, he distanced himself from both the far right and the left. “I intend to establish a comprehensive national government, not a right-wing government, not a left-wing government that depends on Arab … Read more

The German government will buy a 40% stake in European tank maker KNDS from the families that own it, with plans to bring its stake to the same level as the French government. This sets the stage for the long-awaited IPO (initial public offering) for KNDS on the stock exchange. Before the listing, Berlin was … Read more